Men hold Russian (Top R) and Soviet Union flags in Simferopol's Lenin Square on March 16, 2014. Polls opened today in a referendum on the peninsula of Crimea, in which voters are to voice their wish to either join Russia or become an effectively independent state connected to Ukraine.  AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE        (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
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